Fired professor rejects claim he broke nation's one-child rule
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</span>, <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="lodged">lodged</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="appeal">appeal</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="considering">considering</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="action">action</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="fired">fired</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grounds">grounds</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="violated">violated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="planning">planning</span> <span word="policy">policy</span>.</p><p><span word="Cai">Cai</span> <span word="Zhiqi">Zhiqi</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="lawyer">lawyer</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="provincial">provincial</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="resources">resources</span> <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="submit">submit</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="appeal">appeal</span>, <span word="asking">asking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Technology">Technology</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reinstate">reinstate</span> <span word="him">him</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="chemistry">chemistry</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="since">since</span> 2009, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="fired">fired</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="November">November</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="university">university</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="planning">planning</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="children">children</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="December">December</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="lodged">lodged</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="appeal">appeal</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="university">university</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="request">request</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="reinstated">reinstated</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="rejected">rejected</span>, <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="appeal">appeal</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="response">response</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="letter">letter</span> <span word="confirming">confirming</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="fired">fired</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="explaining">explaining</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="letter">letter</span>, <span word="dated">dated</span> <span word="Jan">Jan</span> 16, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Cai">Cai</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="violated">violated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nation">nation</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="planning">planning</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="sacked">sacked</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="accordance">accordance</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Guandong">Guandong</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="planning">planning</span> <span word="regulations">regulations</span>.</p><p><span word="Cai">Cai</span> <span word="claims">claims</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="university">university</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="position">position</span> <span word="conflicts">conflicts</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="existing">existing</span> <span word="regulations">regulations</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="abroad">abroad</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="child">child</span>.</p><p><span word="Cai">Cai</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2007 <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="overseas">overseas</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tianjin">Tianjin</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2010. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="citizen">citizen</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="registered">registered</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mainland">mainland</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="cites">cites</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="regulation">regulation</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Population">Population</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Family">Family</span> <span word="Planning">Planning</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2001 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="allows">allows</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="mainland">mainland</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="studying">studying</span> <span word="overseas">overseas</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="abroad">abroad</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p>
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